Improvement in stair-rods



@met @wird www' gime WrLt'iAtr "r. MERSEREAU, 0r ORANMMJERM f ALettersPatent No. 107,941, dated October 4, 1870.`

IMPRovEMEN'r lN `swim-rions.

The 4Selleciule referred to n these LettersA Patent and rnakng part ofthesame.

"To all whom itmag/ concern.-

"Be 1it knowntbat I; WILLIAM T. MERsEnEAU, of Orange, in the State ofNew Jersey, have inventedce'rtain new and` useful Improvements in`Fastening for Stair-Rods; andA hereby declare thatthe following isa-fnll, clear, and exact description ofthe same, rei'- erence beinghadto the accompanying drawings, which formp'art of this specificatiol Ofthesedrawingsfi Figure 1 represents the old form of band;

Figure 2, theold form of loop; and Figures 3, 4, 5, and 6 represent myimproved loop.v

This improvement relates toanew construction of loop-fastening forstair-rods.

One of the devi'ces for the retention of the iiat ro'd to the stair-caseisa solid band passingwholly over the rod, and fastened by smallnails orscrews at its extremities, as seen in iig. 1. known, and in common usefor many years past.

AnotherY of the devices, called a loop, is, to some extent,`thereverseof `thisthe .band passingbehin'd the rod,'its ends overlapping,more or less, the rod on` eachl side, and is fastened to the stair-case.by a small nail or screw at thc center, as seen in fig. 2. Y

` The former has its disadvantages, among which is its uncouthappearanceongthe rod, by reasonV of its covering it completely across, and greater`liability to be injured in removal from, oa attachment to, thestaircase. n

The latter has also its disadvantages, among which is the inconvenientlnode of` fastening it to the staircase. Y

`This has been widelyj Now, by my improvement, I combine with the latterconstruction of rod-fastening the chief characteristie of the former,namely, its mode of attachment to the stair-case. v

4By partially cutting out and bending over a portion ot' the metal inyeach end,-a. a, of a loop, there will be formed two ears oi' projectingends, b 11, whiclrwill answer for the holding of the tack orfscrewgbymeans of which the loop isl fastened tothe stair-case, thus .givingthcY`fastening for the stair-rodsthe combined elements of' both classes.of fastenings befoie`-referred to. The ears or loop-fastening endpieces may be formed np, as sh0wn, either in gs. 4, 5, and 6, at b b, bb', b b", or the rod-clasping ends of' the loop may be cut ont in formsubstantially as shown in g..3, at vlc, and then bent up, and theoutside end projectionsd d left beyond, to be bent suiiicientlyz for thepurpose of vbeing fastened to the stair-ease by means ofthe ends piercedfor the nail or screw, as shown.

What I claim as new, and desire'to secure by Let- A thin' struck-npmetal stair-rod fastening, having the ends cut ont, so as to formeyes'for fastening to the stair, and ends formed up to clasp the rod,.asset forth.

WILLIAM T. MERSEREAU.

Witnesses A. B. MALooM'soN, Jr., JAMEs H.- HUNTER.

